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Three children look on as movers from Russell’s Moving and Storage unload furniture belonging to one of the first Black families to move into the Sojourner Truth Housing Project.

A report provides statistics comparing white and non-white men in 1950 and 1960 in various occupations in Detroit. May 1963. NAACP Detroit Branch Records, Part 2, Box 10, Folder 5.

A report provides statistics comparing white and non-white men in 1950 and 1960 in various occupations in Detroit. May 1963. NAACP Detroit Branch Records, Part 2, Box 10, Folder 5.

A report provides statistics comparing white and non-white men in 1950 and 1960 in various occupations in Detroit. May 1963. NAACP Detroit Branch Records, Part 2, Box 10, Folder 5. Click the image to read the selected pages from the report.

Front cover of the Ku Klux Klan’s national publication, The Kourier. June 1936. James Lindahl Papers, Box 7.

A publication addresses post-war housing problems from a consumer’s point of view. 1944. Civil Rights Congress of Michigan Records, Box 66.

The Freedom Now Party, representing an element of Black nationalist political thought and theory, outlines its platform for the upcoming 1964 elections. September 28, 1964. Ernest Smith Papers, Box 1.

“Detroit 1971: A Panorama of Progress” promotional pamphlet. 1971. Source: Mel Ravitz Papers, Box 72, folder 2.

The Detroit Commission on Community Relations Subcommittee on Police-Community Relations provides an overview of recruitment reforms via meeting minutes. October 10, 1966. Detroit Commission on Community Relations/Human Rights Department Records,…

This political cartoon appeared in an issue of the UAW Education Department’s publication Ammunition. c. 1940s. Walter P. Reuther Vertical Files Collection, Box 128.

“Guidelines for a Community or Statewide Police Recruiting Campaign to Recruit Minority Officers” booklet. c. 1960s. Source: Coleman A. Young Papers, Box 13, folder 10.

Officers from the Detroit Police Department Tactical Mobile Unit are dispatched to Belle Isle.